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Photo of David Booth
February 14, 2019
Educator and public speaker David Booth 'really thought teaching was the best and most important profession'
Portrait of Carl Morey in Hong Kong in 2012
January 16, 2019
Former professor Carl Morey taught students – and the public – the joys of music
Photo of Douglas Joyce
November 13, 2018
'Old-style gentleman' Douglas Joyce taught German at U of T for more than three decades
Photo of Scott Allan Orr
November 7, 2018
Neither upbeat nor sombre: U of T alumnus commissioned to compose new carillon piece to mark First World War
photo of William Downe shaking hands with President Gertler
November 7, 2018
William Downe, leading advocate for gender equality in business, receives honorary degree from U of T
Photo of Mark Carney
October 24, 2018
Boosting education will help address short-term economic pain of AI, Mark Carney tells U of T audience
Photo of Miriam Rossi
September 25, 2018
'Driven by a sense of equity and justice': Miriam Rossi, a pediatrician and U of T professor, was an influential diversity advocate
Photo of Christoffersen teaching
September 17, 2018
Peter Christoffersen, a Rotman expert in financial risk, was 'a global thinker pushing the boundaries'
Cosmic Microwave Background
September 10, 2018
U of T researchers part of global team to win prestigious 2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize
Photo of Jill Ker Conway and Barack Obama
July 17, 2018
Jill Ker Conway, trail-blazing historian and feminist, was U of T's first female vice-president

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